almost preventable, with the u.s. averaging 150,000 daily deaths again, unlike back in march when the pandemic was going into first gear. and hurricane ida strengthened overnight to become a category 4 storm with sustained winds at 40 miles an hour. it is expected to make landfall 16 years to the day when hurricane katrina did. hospitals are already overrun as the delta variant rips through one of the biggest infected states in the country. john bel edwards, the catastrophic hurricane has a 15-mile storm surge. it s only expected to get
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we just received another update from the national hurricane center and hurricane dorian is a category four. that the a catastrophic hurricane. the concerns about that plus once in a year high tides are raising concerns about all of the low lying areas in and around miami which are already prone to flooding. c congresswoman donna served as the president of the university of miami and joins me now. congresswom congresswoman, thank you for being with us. the fact this could make landfall during a king tide, how concerned are you to the degree that could magnify the storm s impact? very concerned. already miami beach is flooding. we ve already seen the initial effect of king tides which of course are the highest of the highest tides. so we re very concerned and we re preparing for the worst. how are you preparing?
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destroyed.te we had an old infrastructure that wasn t effective. wasn t maintained and then on top of that, the hurricane provoked the complete collapse. dana: president trump announced he would be visiting puerto rico next tuesday. our hearts and prayers go out to the people of puerto rico. and the virgin islands who are suffering in the wake of yet another catastrophic hurricane. i will be going down to puerto rico next week to get in on the ground briefing about the disaster recovery. and to see our great first responders and to meet a lot of the people who are so affected by these storms. we are with you now and we will be with you. dana: our thoughts are with our fellow citizens in puerto rico tonight. we hope to see a quick recovery.